All i can find is he has been disqualified for ten years from being a company director ( big deal) .

It admits, he basically, withheld money from clients, whilst continuing in business . It all stinks, i don't even know why i'm bothering with this. His only assets were £1000 shares in a football club.

Lessons learnt. Never trust anyone. Programme Monthly is a disgrace. Certain Sunderland collectors , who i was desperately trying to get in touch with to help me out , all kept silent. Enjoy your third tier football , you deserve it. The law is a joke. And finally move on, still some great people in the hobby , but as i say , watch your backs.

Re: the section in the liquidators report regarding the behaviour that led to Lane being disqualified as a director for 10 years.

It appears that between 1 May 2015 and 29 April 26 "cash withdrawals made by me, transfers to me, items of personal expenditure by me, and payments to my company credit card account, [represented] a net outflow of funds to me of £64,105 in the period."

No doubt these "outflows" provided a very comfy lifestyle for the year in question, while vendors waited for money that would never materialise.

I have also received the ‘last rights’ spiel from the liquidators and have sent them my parting shot.
‘I am still bemused by the fact that Mr Lane has not had to reveal to whom he apparently sold my items in or outside of auction. Surely this must be on record at the Saleroom or if not then Mr Lane is possibly guilty of a criminal act. I still cannot understand why this matter has not been handed over to the police.’
If Andy Lane thinks this is the end of the matter then he better wake up. He has seriously offended us all who lost out on his dealings. The law may be an ass Wullie and I totally agree with you but some of us who tried back then and still do in the present to make it work for the benefit of true victims are watching him closely. Friends of friends. Andy Lane may have escaped a prison sentence so far but he will have to forever look over his shoulder.

He will do what conmen have done since time immemorial and keep starting up new ventures. Doesn't need to be registered as a company to do that when you have ebay gumtree et al. There are collectors out there as well who benefited from his crooked dealings.

He will do what conmen have done since time immemorial and keep starting up new ventures. Doesn't need to be registered as a company to do that when you have ebay gumtree et al. There are collectors out there as well who benefited from his crooked dealings.

Correct John and knowingly paid under the odds for stolen goods as in effect that is what they are, which makes them also crooks, it also amazes me that some folks on here say they know who worked with him to distribute the il gotten gains but no one is willing to give out names-I wonder why? _________________Leslie Millman
[email protected]
Twitter: @manyuman1

Naming names Leslie is fraught without an initial police investigation. Certainly not to be divulged on this forum with all the legal implications. As it appears the liquidators are only there to go through the motions as they do so we will never get that investigation? It is probably all too late now as the miscreants have had time to sort or dispose of their gains. I for one will be watching closely for anything offered in future that I believe to my stolen item and go on from there. Sad for all of us to have to await such an event but whoever supposedly bought our items has at some point will be found out and need to explain. A final say. This will never go away.

To be fair , i heard a story of a well known collector that was offered some rare pre war programmes from Lane. Whilst the collector would have loved to have had them , he realised that they could only have come from a batch that Lane had up for his latest auction. In other words, Lane had removed the prized items from a large collection, more than likely from an unsuspecting person , who was left the collection in a will. And he thought he had a ready made buyer. Thankfully this particular bloke had morals and said no thank you or something like that. Thankfully there are some decent people around .
Lane must have made quite a lucrative tax free living out of this practise. But he got too flash with his cash, got greedy and got caught out.

I'm not impacted by the actual events but know that if the individual was trading insolvently etc. then an action can be taken against him to secure cash from his personal assets. He may have no assets per se for these purposes, but at least then he would be bankrupted meaning that it will be harder for him to be able to fleece people in the future.

The shield of limited liability can be lifted in certain circumstances and any costs could be mitigated by a number of people doing this.

I'm not impacted by the actual events but know that if the individual was trading insolvently etc. then an action can be taken against him to secure cash from his personal assets. He may have no assets per se for these purposes, but at least then he would be bankrupted meaning that it will be harder for him to be able to fleece people in the future.

The shield of limited liability can be lifted in certain circumstances and any costs could be mitigated by a number of people doing this.

I'm afraid the old crook was well ahead of the game. He had no assets and was made bankrupt. He knew every trick in the book my friend .

Looks like it. Of course it'll be Mrs Lane not Mr Lane. Can't he get a proper job ? Obviously the temptation of making easy money is too great for this crook. When you read elsewhere a good honest bloke like Steve Earl retiring and this fraudster Lane trying to get back into the hobby, well it doesn't look good for the future.